Marie-Ange Delhomme

Marie-Ange Delhomme (died 1756) was the commander of the French 1st Light Horse Regiment of Colonial Light Cavalry during the Seven Years' War.

Biography
Marie-Ange Delhomme was born in Montreal, French Canada, and lived in a settler cabin with his French-born family. Delhomme was a veteran of the War of the Austrian Succession as a cavalryman, fighting against the British Army in Canada.

Delhomme was a colonel of the French Army during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), serving as the commander of the French 1st Light Horse Regiment under the general Jacques de Villiers. Delhomme took part in the defense of Fort Duquesne against the Thirteen Colonies army in 1756, but he was killed leading a cavalry charge against the British Colonial army. The fort fell to the British Colonials shortly after.